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Black CR, Armbruster JW. Evolutionary integration and modularity in the diversity of the suckermouth armoured catfishes. R Soc Open Sci 2022; 9:220713. [PMID: 36425524 PMCID: PMC9682303 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.220713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The evolution of morphological diversity has held a long-standing fascination among scientists. In particular, do bodies evolve as single, integrated units or do different body parts evolve semi-independently (modules)? Suckermouth armoured catfishes (Loricariidae) have a morphology that lends nicely to evolutionary modularity and integration studies. In addition to a ventrally facing oral jaw that directly contacts surfaces, the neurocranium and pectoral girdle are fused, which limits movement of the anterior part of the body. Functional constraints suggest it is likely the head and post-cranial body act as separate modules that can evolve independently. If true, one would expect to see a two- or three-module system where the head and post-cranial body are morphologically distinct. To test this hypothesis, we quantified shape using geometric morphometric analysis and assessed the degree of modularity across functionally important regions. We found the armoured catfish body is highly modularized, with varying degrees of integration between each module. Within subfamilies, there are different patterns of evolutionary modularity and integration, suggesting that the various patterns may have driven diversification along a single trajectory in each subfamily. This study suggests the evolution of armoured catfish diversification is complex, with morphological evolution influenced by interactions within and between modules.
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Lemopoulos A, Montoya-Burgos JI. Whole genome assembly of the armored loricariid catfish Ancistrus triradiatus highlights herbivory signatures. Mol Genet Genomics 2022. [PMID: 36006456 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-022-01947-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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The catfish Ancistrus triradiatus belongs to the species-rich family Loricariidae. Loricariids display remarkable traits such as herbivory, a benthic lifestyle, the absence of scales but the presence of dermal bony plates. They are exported as ornamental fish worldwide, with escaped fishes becoming a threat locally. Although genetic and phylogenetic studies are continuously increasing and developmental genetic investigations are underway, no genome assembly has been formally proposed for Loricariidae yet. We report a high-quality genome assembly of Ancistrus triradiatus using long and short reads, and a newly assembled transcriptome. The genome assembly is composed of 9530 scaffolds, including 85.6% of ray-finned fish BUSCOs, and 26,885 predicted protein-coding genes. The genomic GC content is higher than in other catfishes, reflecting the higher metabolism associated with herbivory. The examination of the SCPP gene family indicates that the genes presumably triggering scale loss when absent, are present in the scaleless A. triradiatus, questioning their explanatory role. The analysis of the opsin gene repertoire revealed that gene losses associated to the nocturnal lifestyle of catfishes were not entirely found in A. triradiatus, as the UV-sensitive opsin 5 is present. Finally, most gene family expansions were related to immunity except the gamma crystallin gene family which controls pupil shape and sub-aquatic vision. Thus, the genome of A. triradiatus reveals that fish herbivory may be related to the photic zone habitat, conditions metabolism, photoreception and visual functions. This genome is the first for the catfish suborder Loricarioidei and will serve as backbone for future genetic, developmental and conservation studies.
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Rodrigues ARO, Wilkens Y, Melo FTV, Gardner SL, Santos JN. Oxyuricassis ekstromi n. sp. (Oxyurida: Pharyngodonidae) from Lasiancistrus saetiger (Siluriform: Loricariidae) from the Eastern Amazon. J Parasitol 2021; 106:611-615. [PMID: 32997755 DOI: 10.1645/19-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Oxyuricassis ekstromi n. sp. is the third species of the genus described from the intestine of Lasiancistrus saetiger Armbruster in Brazil. This species can be easily differentiated from its congeners by the presence of a tooth-like sclerotized piece that occupies half of the stoma and absence of spine projections on the tail of both males and females. Also, males of the new species lack caudal alae present in Oxyuricassis coronatus and Oxyuricassis hexaspinatus. Additionally, we observed a different number and pattern of the distribution of cloacal papilla; males of O. coronatus and O. hexaspinatus have 1 pair of pre-cloacal and 2 pairs of post-cloacal papillae; while the new species has 1 pre-cloacal and 3 post-cloacal pairs of papillae.
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- A R O Rodrigues
- Instituto Federal do Pará, Avenida Dos Cedros S/No., Residencial Cidade Jardim, Buriti, Paragominas, Pará, CEP 68625-000, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituo de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Helmintologia "Reinalda Marisa Lanfredi", Belém, Pará, CEP 66077-830, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituo de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Helmintologia "Reinalda Marisa Lanfredi", Belém, Pará, CEP 66077-830, Brazil
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- University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588
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- Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituo de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Helmintologia "Reinalda Marisa Lanfredi", Belém, Pará, CEP 66077-830, Brazil
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Takagui FH, Baumgärtner L, Venturelli NB, Paiz LM, Viana P, Dionísio JF, Pompeo LRS, Margarido VP, Fenocchio AS, da Rosa R, Giuliano-Caetano L. Unrevealing the Karyotypic Evolution and Cytotaxonomy of Armored Catfishes (Loricariinae) with Emphasis in Sturisoma, Loricariichthys, Loricaria, Proloricaria, Pyxiloricaria, and Rineloricaria. Zebrafish 2020; 17:319-332. [PMID: 32985966 DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2020.1893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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This study provides new insight into the chromosomal diversification in Loricariinae. We analyzed nine species from different Brazilian hydrographic basins, using conventional and molecular cytogenetic methods, aiming to understand the karyotypic diversification, and contribute with cytotaxonomic markers in this group considered one of the most diverse of Loricariidae. Our results evidenced a high karyotypic variability in diploid number (2n) ranging from 2n = 54 (Loricariichthys platymetopon and Loricariichthys anus), 2n = 60 (Rineloricaria reisi and Rineloricaria parva), 2n = 62 (Proloricaria prolixa), 2n = 64 (Loricaria cataphracta complex species), 2n = 66 (Sturisoma barbatum), and 2n = 68 (Pyxiloricaria menezesi). Different patterns of 18S and 5S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) were also identified, while slight divergences in heterochromatin distribution were observed. This high variability is probably related with independent events of Robertsonian translocations, pericentric inversions, and different mechanisms of rDNA sites dispersion (nonreciprocal translocation and transposable element [TEs] co-localization). In addition, our study provides a set of efficient chromosomal markers for the characterization of all analyzed species, and certainly, in future analyzes, will contribute as a useful cytotaxonomic tool in groups where the traditional taxonomy based on morphological data are not sufficient to clarify their relationship.
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- Fábio Hiroshi Takagui
- Animal Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of General Biology, CCB, Londrina State University, Londrina, Brazil
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- Cytogenetic Laboratory, Center for Biological and Health Sciences, Western Paraná State University, Cascavel, Brazil
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- Cytogenetic Laboratory, Center for Biological and Health Sciences, Western Paraná State University, Cascavel, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics, National Institute of Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil
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- Animal Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of General Biology, CCB, Londrina State University, Londrina, Brazil
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- Animal Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of General Biology, CCB, Londrina State University, Londrina, Brazil
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- Cytogenetic Laboratory, Center for Biological and Health Sciences, Western Paraná State University, Cascavel, Brazil
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- Animal Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of General Biology, CCB, Londrina State University, Londrina, Brazil
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- Animal Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of General Biology, CCB, Londrina State University, Londrina, Brazil
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We examined the morphology of fertilized egg and ultrastructures of fertilized egg envelopes of Ancistrus cirrhosus belong to Loricariidae using light and electron microscopes. The fertilized eggs formed a mass on the spawning place and were yellowish, spherical, non-transparent, demersal, adhesive, and a narrow perivitelline space. But, the adhesiveness of fertilized eggs was disappeared after spawning excluding contact parts. The micropyle with funnel shape was surrounded by 15-19 furrow lines of egg envelope in a spoke-like pattern. The outer surface of egg envelope has smooth side and inner surface of egg envelope was rough with grooves. Also, the total thickness of the fertilized egg envelope was about 32.58 ± 0.85 μm (n = 20), and the fertilized egg envelope consisted of three layers, an outer adhesive electron-dense layer, a middle layer with low electron density and an inner electron-dense layer with grooves in counter structure from other most teleost. Collectively, these morphological characteristics and adhesive property of fertilized egg, and ultrastructures of micropyle, outer surface, and section of fertilized egg envelope are showed species specificity.
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- Dong Heui Kim
- Department of Environmental Medical Biology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, 26426, South Korea.
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Borzone Mas D, Alvarenga PF, Scarabotti PA. Ecological and phylogenetic determinants of life-history patterns among ten loricariid species. J Fish Biol 2019; 95:1298-1310. [PMID: 31469422 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 08/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We analysed the influence of ecological factors, phylogenetic history and trade-offs between traits on the life-history variation among 10 loricariid species of the middle Paraná River. We measured eight life-history variables and classified the life-history strategies following the equilibrium-periodic-opportunistic (EPO) model. Principal-component analysis of life-history traits segregated species along a gradient from small opportunistic (low fecundity, low parental investment) to large equilibrium (low-medium fecundity, high parental investment) species. A clear periodic strategist was absent in the analysed assemblage. Variation partitioning by canonical phylogenetic ordination analysis showed both a component of variation uniquely explained by phylogenetic history (PH; 32.2%) and a component shared between PH and ecological factors (EF; 37%). The EPO model is a useful tool for predicting correlations among life-history traits and understanding potential demographic responses of species to environmental variation. Life-history patterns observed throughout Loricariidae suggests that this family has diversified across all three endpoint strategies of the EPO model. Our study indicates that evolutionary lineage affiliation at the level of subfamily can be a strong predictor of the life-history strategy used by each species.
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- Dalmiro Borzone Mas
- Laboratorio de Ictiología, Instituto Nacional de Limnología (UNL-CONICET), Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Ictiología, Instituto Nacional de Limnología (UNL-CONICET), Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Ictiología, Instituto Nacional de Limnología (UNL-CONICET), Santa Fe, Argentina
- Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias, Departamento de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Ciudad Universitaria, Santa Fe, Argentina
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Neves MP, de Arruda Amorim JP, Delariva RL. Influence of land use on the health of a detritivorous fish (Ancistrus mullerae) endemic to the Iguassu ecoregion: relationship between agricultural land use and severe histopathological alterations. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2018; 25:11670-11682. [PMID: 29435799 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-1283-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2017] [Accepted: 01/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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This study aimed to evaluate the histopathological biomarkers of the gills and liver of endemic catfish to test the hypothesis that, in environments under intense land use by agricultural activities, histopathological alterations occur more severely. Samples were collected by electrofishing in seven streams in the Lower Iguaçu basin quarterly from August 2015 to February 2016. The gills and livers were processed according to routine histological methods and examined by light microscopy. The histopathological alterations observed in fish from the streams with a higher percentage of natural vegetation cover were considered modest and indicated normal functioning of the organ (such as edema, hyperplasia, and leukocyte infiltration). As predicted, fish collected in streams with higher agricultural influence presented moderate to severe damage (aneurysm, vacuolization and cytoplasmic degeneration, and pyknotic nucleus). The abundance of chloride cells was significantly increased in the gills of Ancistrus mullerae collected in rural streams. In addition, in most streams, mucous cells were more abundant during the rainy period. Significant differences were observed in the histopathological index (HI) of the gills and livers, where severe histopathological alterations occurred in fish from streams with a higher agricultural influence. The observed alterations were more severe in the liver than in the gills, which are indeed related to the liver's key role in the detoxification of xenobiotics. We conclude that more severe histological alterations occurred in fish from streams with the highest land use by agricultural activities. Thus, our work provides important insight into the conservation and management of natural resources.
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- Mayara Pereira Neves
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Conservação e Manejo de Recursos Naturais, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Rua Universitária 2069, Jardim Universitário, Cascavel, 85819110, Paraná, Brazil.
- CCBS, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Sala 017, Rua Universitária 2069, Jardim Universitário, Cascavel, Paraná, 85819-110, Brazil.
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- Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Rua Universitária 2069, Jardim Universitário, Cascavel, Paraná, 85811280, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Conservação e Manejo de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Rua Universitária 2069, Jardim Universitário, Cascavel, 85819-110, Paraná, Brazil
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Lima SMQ, Berbel-Filho WM, Araújo TFP, Lazzarotto H, Tatarenkov A, Avise JC. Headwater Capture Evidenced by Paleo-Rivers Reconstruction and Population Genetic Structure of the Armored Catfish ( Pareiorhaphis garbei) in the Serra do Mar Mountains of Southeastern Brazil. Front Genet 2017; 8:199. [PMID: 29259623 PMCID: PMC5723395 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2017.00199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Paleo-drainage connections and headwater stream-captures are two main historical processes shaping the distribution of strictly freshwater fishes. Recently, bathymetric-based methods of paleo-drainage reconstruction have opened new possibilities to investigate how these processes have shaped the genetic structure of freshwater organisms. In this context, the present study used paleo-drainage reconstructions and single-locus cluster delimitation analyses to examine genetic structure on the whole distribution of Pareiorhaphis garbei, a ‘near threatened’ armored catfish from the Fluminense freshwater ecoregion in Southeastern Brazil. Sequences of two mitochondrial genes (cytochrome b and cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1) were obtained from five sampling sites in four coastal drainages: Macaé (KAE), São João (SJO), Guapi-Macacu [sub-basins Guapiaçu (GAC) and Guapimirim (GMI)], and Santo Aleixo (SAL). Pronounced genetic structure was found, involving 10 haplotypes for cytB and 6 for coi, with no haplotypes shared between localities. Coalescent-based delineation methods as well as distance-based methods revealed genetic clusters corresponding to each sample site. Paleo-drainage reconstructions showed two putative paleo-rivers: an eastern one connecting KAE and SJO; and a western one merging in the Guanabara Bay (GAC, GMI, and SAL). A disagreement was uncovered between the inferred past riverine connections and current population genetic structure. Although KAE and SJO belong to the same paleo-river, the latter is more closely related to specimens from the Guanabara paleo-river. This discordance between paleo-drainage connections and phylogenetic structure may indicate an ancient stream-capture event in headwaters of this region. Furthermore, all analyses showed high divergence between KAE and the other lineages, suggesting at least one cryptic species in the latter, and that the nominal species should be restricted to the Macaé river basin, its type locality. In this drainage, impacts such as the invasive species and habitat loss can be especially threatening for such species with a narrow range. Our results also suggest that freshwater fishes from headwaters in the Serra do Mar mountains might have different biogeographical patterns than those from the lowlands, indicating a complex and dynamic climatic and geomorphological history.
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- Sergio M Q Lima
- Laboratório de Ictiologia Sistemática e Evolutiva, Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.,Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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- Laboratório de Ictiologia Sistemática e Evolutiva, Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.,Department of Biosciences, College of Science, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom
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- Laboratório de Ictiologia Sistemática e Evolutiva, Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia de Peixes, Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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Favarato RM, Ribeiro LB, Feldberg E, Matoso DA. Chromosomal Mapping of Transposable Elements of the Rex Family in the Bristlenose Catfish, Ancistrus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae), from the Amazonian Region. J Hered 2017; 108:254-261. [PMID: 27940473 DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esw084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2016] [Accepted: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Repetitive DNA sequences are present in the genome of basically every known organism, and transposable elements (TE) are one of the most representative sequences involved in chromosomal rearrangements and the genomic evolution of eukaryotes. In fish, the non-LTR retrotransposon TEs, Rex1, Rex3, and Rex6, are widely distributed in fish genomes and are the best-characterized TEs in several species. In the current study, three of these retroelements were physically mapped, through fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH), in 7 species (71 specimens) of the genus Ancistrus, known as bristlenose catfish: Ancistrus ranunculus, Ancistrus sp. 1 "Purus," Ancistrus sp. 2 "Catalão," Ancistrus dolichopterus, Ancistrus maximus, Ancistrus aff. dolichopterus, and Ancistrus dubius. Rex1, Rex3, and Rex6 showed a cluster distribution, mainly in the terminal and pericentromeric portions, in heterochromatic and euchromatic regions, and did not occur in sexual chromosomes; however, the number and position of the clusters varied between species. This TE distribution suggests its implication in the karyotypic evolution of these species, without affecting the rise of sexual chromosome systems in Ancistrus, in view of their chromosomal variation.
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- Ramon Marin Favarato
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética, Conservação e Biologia Evolutiva, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Petrópolis, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética, Conservação e Biologia Evolutiva, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Petrópolis, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.,Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Roraima, Boa Vista, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética, Conservação e Biologia Evolutiva, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Petrópolis, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil
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Moreira DA, Buckup PA, Furtado C, Val AL, Schama R, Parente TE. Reducing the information gap on Loricarioidei (Siluriformes) mitochondrial genomics. BMC Genomics 2017; 18:345. [PMID: 28472937 PMCID: PMC5418769 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-3709-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2017] [Accepted: 04/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Background The genetic diversity of Neotropical fish fauna is underrepresented in public databases. This distortion is evident for the order Siluriformes, in which the suborders Siluroidei and Loricarioidei share equivalent proportion of species, although far less is known about the genetics of the latter clade, endemic to the Neotropical Region. Recently, this information gap was evident in a study about the structural diversity of fish mitochondrial genomes, and hampered a precise chronological resolution of Siluriformes. It has also prevented molecular ecology investigations about these catfishes, their interactions with the environment, responses to anthropogenic changes and potential uses. Results Using high-throughput sequencing, we provide the nearly complete mitochondrial genomes for 26 Loricariidae and one Callichthyidae species. Structural features were highly conserved. A notable exception was identified in the monophyletic clade comprising species of the Hemiancistrus, Hypostomini and Peckoltia-clades, a ~60 nucleotide-long deletion encompassing the seven nucleotides at the 3′ end of the Conserved Sequence Block (CSB) D of the control region. The expression of mitochondrial genes followed the usual punctuation pattern. Heteroplasmic sites were identified in most species. The retrieved phylogeny strongly corroborates the currently accepted tree, although bringing to debate the relationship between Schizolecis guntheri and Pareiorhaphis garbei, and highlighting the low genetic variability within the Peckoltia-clade, an eco-morphologically diverse and taxonomically problematic group. Conclusions Herein we have launched the use of high-throughput mitochondrial genomics in the studies of the Loricarioidei species. The new genomic resources reduce the information gap on the molecular diversity of Neotropical fish fauna, impacting the capacity to investigate a variety of aspects of the molecular ecology and evolution of these fishes. Additionally, the species showing the partial CSB-D are candidate models to study the replication and transcription of vertebrate mitochondrial genome. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-017-3709-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Daniel Andrade Moreira
- Laboratório de Toxicologia Ambiental, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública (ENSP), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Av. Brasil, 4036, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.,Laboratório de Biologia Computacional e Sistemas, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Av. Brasil, 4365, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Departamento de Vertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Quinta da Boa Vista, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Unidade de Genômica, Instituto Nacional do Câncer (INCA), Rua André Cavalcanti, 37, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Ecofisiologia e Evolução Molecular, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Av. André Araújo, 2936, Manaus, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Computacional e Sistemas, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Av. Brasil, 4365, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Toxicologia Ambiental, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública (ENSP), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Av. Brasil, 4036, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. .,Laboratório de Genética Molecular de Microrganismos, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Av. Brasil, 4365, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
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Geerinckx T, De Kegel B. Functional and evolutionary anatomy of the African suckermouth catfishes (Siluriformes: Mochokidae): convergent evolution in Afrotropical and Neotropical faunas. J Anat 2014; 225:197-208. [PMID: 24842829 DOI: 10.1111/joa.12196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Of those fishes scraping food off substrates and using head parts in substrate attachment for station-holding, the catfish families Loricariidae, Astroblepidae and Mochokidae display the most dramatically adapted morphologies. Loricariidae and Astroblepidae, living in the Neotropical freshwaters, exclusively contain suckermouth catfish species, and their anatomy and head kinematics have already been studied into detail. Among Mochokidae, living in the tropical freshwaters of Africa, only the chiloglanidine subfamily has a sucker mouth, and occupies similar niches in Africa as both Neotropical families do in South America. Having derived from relatively unrelated catfish ancestors, their anatomy is poorly known, and the nature of their scraping and station-holding capabilities is not known at all. This paper provides details on the chiloglanidine head anatomy and function (relating their anatomy to that of the non-suckermouth Mochokidae), and compares this Afrotropical suckermouth taxon with both Neotropical suckermouth families. It identifies both convergences and differing anatomical and kinematic solutions to the same key needs of food-scraping and station-holding suckermouth fishes. Chiloglanidine mochokids differ from both Neotropical families in having less mobile jaws, with an upper jaw assisting more in station-holding than in feeding. They share the highly mobile lower lip with both Neotropical taxa, although the configuration of the intermandibular/protractor hyoidei muscle system, changing the volume of the sucker-disc cavity, differs in all three taxa. Chiloglanidines have a single, posterior inflow opening into this cavity, whereas Loricariidae have two lateral openings, and Astroblepidae have none, using an opercular incurrent opening instead. The chiloglanidine buccal valve system consists of two passive valves, as in Astroblepidae. Although less diverse in number of genera and species, this Afrotropical suckermouth taxon possesses the anatomical and kinematic key elements allowing a successful occupation of a niche similar to the one found in the Loricariidae + Astroblepidae clade.
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- Tom Geerinckx
- Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Trade of ornamental aquatic species is a multi-billion dollar industry responsible for the introduction of myriad fishes into novel ecosystems. Although aquarium invaders have the potential to alter ecosystem function, regulation of the trade is minimal and little is known about the ecosystem-level consequences of invasion for all but a small number of aquarium species. Here, we demonstrate how ecological stoichiometry can be used as a framework to identify aquarium invaders with the potential to modify ecosystem processes. We show that explosive growth of an introduced population of stoichiometrically unique, phosphorus (P)-rich catfish in a river in southern Mexico significantly transformed stream nutrient dynamics by altering nutrient storage and remineralization rates. Notably, changes varied between elements; the P-rich fish acted as net sinks of P and net remineralizers of nitrogen. Results from this study suggest species-specific stoichiometry may be insightful for understanding how invasive species modify nutrient dynamics when their population densities and elemental composition differ substantially from native organisms. Risk analysis for potential aquarium imports should consider species traits such as body stoichiometry, which may increase the likelihood that an invasion will alter the structure and function of ecosystems.
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- Krista A Capps
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
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Roxo FF, Zawadzki CH, Alexandrou MA, Costa Silva GJ, Chiachio MC, Foresti F, Oliveira C. Evolutionary and biogeographic history of the subfamily Neoplecostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Ecol Evol 2012; 2:2438-49. [PMID: 23145330 PMCID: PMC3492771 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2012] [Revised: 07/29/2012] [Accepted: 07/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Freshwater fish evolution has been shaped by changes in the earth's surface involving changes in the courses of rivers and fluctuations in sea level. The main objective of this study is to improve our knowledge of the evolution of loricariids, a numerous and adaptive group of freshwater catfish species, and the role of geological changes in their evolution. We use a number of different phylogenetic methods to test the relationships among 52 representative taxa within the Neoplecostominae using 4676 bps of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. Our analysis revealed that the subfamily Neoplecostominae is monophyletic, including Pseudotocinclus, with three lineages recognized. The first lineage is composed of part of Pareiorhina rudolphi, P. cf. rudolphi, and Pseudotocinclus; the second is composed of Isbrueckerichthys, Pareiorhaphis, Kronichthys, and the species Neoplecostomus ribeirensis; and the third is composed of Pareiorhina carrancas, P. cf. carrancas, Pareiorhina sp. 1, a new genus, and all the species of the genus Neoplecostomus, except N. ribeirensis. The relaxed molecular clock calibration provides a temporal framework for the evolution of the group, which we use for a likelihood-based historical biogeographic analysis to test relevant hypotheses on the formation of southeast Brazil. We hypothesize that headwater capture events and marine regressions have shaped the patterns of distribution within the subfamily Neoplecostominae throughout the distinct basins of southeast Brazil.
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- Fábio F Roxo
- Laboratório de Biologia e Genética de Peixes, Departamento de Morfologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, UNESP Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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Alves AL, de Borba RS, Pozzobon APB, Oliveira C, Nirchio M, Granado A, Foresti F. Localization of 18S ribosomal genes in suckermouth armoured catfishes Loricariidae (Teleostei, Siluriformes) with discussion on the Ag-NOR evolution. Comp Cytogenet 2012; 6:315-21. [PMID: 24260671 PMCID: PMC3833798 DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v6i3.2667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2012] [Accepted: 09/11/2012] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The family Loricariidae with about 690 species divided into six subfamilies, is one of the world's largest fish families. Cytogenetic studies conducted in the family showed that among 90 species analyzed the diploid number ranges from 2n=38 in Ancistrus sp. to 2n=96 in Hemipsilichthys gobio Luetken, 1874. In the present study, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was employed to determine the chromosomal localization of the 18S rDNA gene in four suckermouth armoured catfishes: Kronichthys lacerta (Nichols, 1919), Pareiorhaphis splendens (Bizerril, 1995), Liposarcus multiradiatus (Hancock, 1828) and Hypostomus prope plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758). All species analyzed showed one chromosome pair with 18S rDNA sequences, as observed in the previous Ag-NORs analyses. The presence of size and numerical polymorphism was observed and discussed, with proposing a hypothesis of the Ag-NOR evolution in Loricariidae.
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- Anderson Luis Alves
- Embrapa Pesca e Aquicultura (CNPASA), Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil Embrapa Pesca e Aquicultura (CNPASA), Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil
- Laboratório de Citogenética, Univ Estadual Paulista “Julio de Mesquita Filho” - UNESP, Rio Claro, São Paulo State, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Citogenética, Univ Estadual Paulista “Julio de Mesquita Filho” - UNESP, Rio Claro, São Paulo State, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Citogenética, Univ Estadual Paulista “Julio de Mesquita Filho” - UNESP, Rio Claro, São Paulo State, Brazil
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- Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Biociências, Univ Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho, Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil
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- Instituto Limnológico, Universidad de Oriente, Caicara del Orinoco, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela
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- Instituto Limnológico, Universidad de Oriente, Caicara del Orinoco, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela
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- Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Biociências, Univ Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho, Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil
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Limeira DM, Renesto E, Zawadzki CH. Allozyme comparison of two populations of Rineloricaria (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the Ivaí River, upper Paraná River basin, Brazil. Genet Mol Biol 2009; 32:431-5. [PMID: 21637702 PMCID: PMC3036927 DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572009005000022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2008] [Accepted: 10/07/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Two allopatric morphotypes of the genus Rinelocaria were compared through the allozyme electrophoresis technique: one morphotype, R. pentamaculata, from the Keller River in the middle stretch of the Ivaí River basin and the other, R. aff. pentamaculata, from the São João River in the upper portion of the Ivaí River basin. The morphotype from the São João River was collected upstream from the São João waterfall, which is about 80 m deep. Twelve enzymatic systems (AAT, ADH, EST, GCDH, G3PDH, GPI, IDH, LDH, MDH, ME, PGM and SOD) were analyzed, which allowed to score 22 loci. Only lociAat-2, Est-3 and Mdh-C showed polymorphism. The two samples differed in allele frequencies at the three polymorphic loci. The average expected heterozygosity for all loci was 0.0806 ± 0.0447 in the Keller River sample. For the São João River morphotype, this value was 0.0489 ± 0.0350. Nei' s genetic identity and distance between the two populations were respectively 0.9789 and 0.0213. Wright's FIS , FIT and FST over all loci were estimated as 0.3121, 0.4021 and 0.1309, respectively. We consider that the two morphotypes represent species in statunascendi.
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- Daniel M Limeira
- Curso de Pós-graduação em Genética e Melhoramento, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR Brazil
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